Title: South Kingstown High School

Introduction

Community Background

• Population
  • SES

The South Kingstown area is doing relatively well as compared to the state of Rhode Island as a whole as well as the nation. The percentage of children

District Summary

• Population

• Educational Spending

The district spends approximately $11,000 per student on education, with 61%, or $6300, actually spent on instruction. Funds come mostly from local tax revenue (73%) as wells from the state (24%) and federal governments (3%). The adjacent North Kingstown District also spends roughly $11000 per student, but only 56%, or $5600, is committed to instructional costs. North Kingstown relies less on local funds, with only 69% coming from local sources, 27% from the state, and 5% from the federal government.

• Household structures.
• School Financing
• NCLB

School Analysis

• Academic Proficiency
  • NCLB
  • AP Pass Rate
  • SATs
• School Programs

The school has a population of 1282 students and 120 teachers (FTE), and therefore a student to teacher ratio of 10.7 (National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), 2004).

• School Climate
• Ethnicity/Gender

SKHS has slightly more males than females (652 vs 630). The school is 88% white, with roughly equal percentages of American Indian, Asian, and Black (3.5%) students, and a smaller Hispanic population (~1.5%). SKHS is more diverse than adjacent schools such as North Kingstown High School, which has approximately 1500 students, less than 1% being minorities (NCES, 2004). Roughly 10% of the students at SKHS qualify for free or reduced lunch. This is significantly better than Rhode Island as a whole, where about 16% of all children are living in poverty, but slightly more than neighboring North Kingstown High School (6.7%) (NCES, 2004). The national average is closer to 20% (Kidscount.org, 2007).

Conclusion

References

National Center for Educational Statistics (2004) School Detail for North Kingstown High School. Retrieved September 26, 2007, from http://nces.ed.gov

National Center for Educational Statistics (2004) School Detail for South Kingstown High School. Retrieved September 26, 2007, from http://nces.ed.gov

Rhode Island Department of Education (2007) Rhode Island Child Poverty. Retrieved September 27, 2007, from www.infoworks.ride.uri.edu